Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passive underwater odometry using a video camera
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Application No.: US15489016Application Date: 2017-04-17
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Publication No.: US10227119B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Firooz A. Sadjadi , Sekhar C. Tangirala
- Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; B63G8/38 ; G01P3/38 ; G06T7/246 ; B63G8/00
Abstract:
Systems and methods are described where odometry information that is obtained from a video camera mounted on an underwater vehicle is used to estimate the velocity of the underwater vehicle. The techniques described herein estimate the velocity of the underwater vehicle passively without emitting sound or other energy from the underwater vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170301098A1 PASSIVE UNDERWATER ODOMETRY USING A VIDEO CAMERA Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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